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xantoxis@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And the man’s estranged bastard son!

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  • CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He happened to like hookers.

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• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In fairness, that entire episode was lampshade hanging

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  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What is lampshade hanging?

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    • norbert@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, "Lampshading") is the writers' trick of dealing with any element of the story that seems too dubious to take at face value, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.

      https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging

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    • Kiosade@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Calling themselves out on how ridiculous the situation is, basically.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I also never heard it before, probably should have, here’s the first part of the definition from TV tropes:

      “Lampshade Hanging (or, more informally, “Lampshading”) is the writers’ trick of dealing with any element of the story that seems too dubious to take at face value, whether a very implausible plot development or a particularly blatant use of a trope, by calling attention to it and simply moving on.”

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• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He’s like Candid but doesn’t make you want to gauge your eyes out just to avoid reading the book, but it’s due in you philosophy class and you can’t afford to fail.

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  • oce@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s the issue with reading Candid?

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    • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not a long book but it is for me very frustrating to read.

      It’s about an optimist who keeps dismissing the shitty things happening to/around because it’ll all work out.

      I just did not enjoy reading it at all.

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      • oce@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know the book as I’m from the same country, so I wondered if there was some specific issue from the English side. It’s a satire of Leibniz philosophy and religion, so I think it’s expected to be frustrated at the character.

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• fidodo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I don’t think he’s portrayed as a loser, just as dumb. You don’t need to be smart to be successful in this world.

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